Conditions of Education in California

Conditions of Education in California

Often missing in the public discourse about immigration is the 1982 landmark Supreme Court case of Plyler v. Doe. Relying on the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment, the Court ruled that undocumented children could not be denied a public education due to their immigration status. Presently, the Plyler decision protects the educational rights of approximately 1.5 million children under 18 years of age . The educational rights of approximately 65,000 undocumented students expire every year when they graduate from the nation's high schools.